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US 11,110,345 B2Granted
Controller for a games console
AssigneeIronburg Inventions Limited
InventorsSimon Burgess, Duncan Ironmonger
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Abstract
A hand held controller for a games console comprising an outer case and at least one control located on the controller. The controller is shaped to be held in at least one hand of a user such that the at least one control is operable by the user. The at least one control extends through an aperture provided in the outer case, and wherein the controller comprises a removable buffer mounted within the aperture.
Claims20
A hand held controller for a games console or other computing device comprising:
- an outer case configured to be held in a user's hands during operation, the outer case including a front surface and a top end adjacent the front surface;
- a plurality of controls located on the front surface and electrically coupled to circuitry contained within the outer case, the plurality of controls configured to be operated by the user's thumbs, wherein a first of the plurality of controls comprises a thumb stick with a lower portion disposed internal to the outer case and an upper portion that extends through a case aperture provided in the outer case, the upper portion of the thumb stick configured to move within the case aperture;
- a removable buffer mounted within the case aperture, wherein the buffer is configured to accommodate the upper portion of the thumb stick disposed external to the outer case, and wherein the upper portion of the thumb stick control contacts the buffer when the thumb stick control is moved to a travel limit within the case aperture;
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- a mechanical fastening system to removeably couple the buffer with the front surface of the outer case, wherein the mechanical fastening comprises a first fastening part included in the buffer configured to affix to a second fastening part included in the front surface.
2 more elements
A hand held controller for a games console or other computing device comprising:
- an outer case comprising a front surface and a top edge, wherein the front surface includes a case aperture;
- a thumb stick control disposed in the case aperture and electrically coupled to the controller, wherein a lower portion of the thumb stick control is disposed internal to the outer case and an upper portion of the thumb stick control is configured to extend into and move within the case aperture, and wherein the controller is shaped to be held in at least one hand of a user such that the thumb stick control is operable by the user;
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- a buffer removably coupled within the case aperture by a fastening system, wherein the buffer comprises a buffer aperture configured to accommodate the upper portion of the thumb stick control disposed external to the outer case when the buffer is coupled to the outer case, wherein the buffer is configured not to move with respect to the outer case when the buffer is coupled within the case aperture, wherein the upper portion of the thumb stick control contacts the buffer to prevent contact between the upper portion of the thumb stick control and the outer case when the thumb stick control is moved to a travel limit within the case aperture, and wherein the fastening system comprises a first fastening part included in the buffer configured to affix to a second fastening part included in the front surface.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.